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Warren Buffet Trading Cards: Beaters with Moof?

Attendees of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual gathering in Omaha this weekend will have the exclusive opportunity to buy limited edition Warren Buffet trading cards at only 10 bucks a pack.

While other Berkshire holding companies sell their stuff–Sees Candies sell candy, Geico sells insurance–PR industry services co. BusinessWire (acquired by Berkshire in ’06) conceived these Buff-Cards to raise money for CASA of Douglas County, Nebraska (Court Appointed Special Advocates), one of the Oracle’s favorite local charities.

This begs the question: what’s $25,000 when you’re worth $62 billion? It’s equivalent to what you might find in your sofa cushions if you’re worth one million: 40 cents. Baseball card collectors might call that a beater with some serious moof (a card tattered by the spokes of a bicycle with a musty smell).

In all seriousness, Buffett’s public image is stellar for more than his richest person in the World ranking. His decision to give a huge chunk of his Berkshire holdings to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation showed refreshing humility.